Ecological Redevelopment of Salt Pan Land || Urban Design
A Negotiation with Nature - sustainable urban design
How can the city, with all its mechanisms of consumption -its devouring of energy, its insatiable demand for food - ever be ecological? In one sense the “project of urbanism “ if we call it such, runs counter to that of ecology, with its emphasis on the interrelationship of organisms and the environment - an emphasis that invariably excludes human intervention. And yet it is relatively easy to imagine a city that is more careful in its use of resources that is currently the norm, more energy efficient in its daily operations.
We need to view the fragility of the planet and its resources as an opportunity for speculative design innovations rather than as a form of technical legitimisation for promoting conventional solutions. By extension, the problems confronting our cities and regions would then become opportunities to define a new approach.
Keeping this approach in mind, the project looks at a sustainable yet efficient way to redevelop the existing and unused salt pan lands of Mira Bhayandar.
Project done in collaboration with : Aanchal S, Rhea S and Dev M
